Kid & Teen Issues

Summertime Creates Greater Internet Risks Schools out! Schools out! At least for most families. And, while some parents are already counting down the days until kids head back, for the next three months, many kids will be enjoying fun times and sunny weather with family and friends....

Internet Safety Nightmares! It's impossible for parents to control all of the doorways that exist for a child to access the web. Creating an internet safety strategy for home is one thing, but how many other ways exist for your child to watch YouTube without you...

Happy Birthday, Daughter! Tonight I stand on the verge of my daughter's twelfth birthday, in complete denial that this day has arrived. As a parent, we often slog through long days, but short years and the past 12 years have swept by oh so quickly. Can you...

Sadly, the news in Grand Rapids this week was of a pastor who tried to arrange for sex with an 11-year-old girl through a fake Craigslist ad posted by an undercover police officer. The man has yet to be found guilty, but he faces up to...

Recently, I presented to a group of parents at a charter school about our digital culture. At the end of my talk, a father named Anthony asked me, “Chris, my 5-year-old likes to use our tablet. What should I say to him so he uses...

The Internet has revolutionized communication, especially among teen girls. But, the very media platform that helps us connect also has allowed the pornography industry to explode. Thanks to the Internet, tweens and teens have an infinite catalog of pornographic images available with just the click...

You might wonder why a tech guy would ever try to write about masturbation. This one word causes awkward squirming and lack of eye-contact like no other.No one wants to talk about it.Parents want to ignore it.But here’s an uncomfortable reality –tweens and teens are...

Remember when bullies were just big kids who you avoided on the playground? The bully at my Catholic elementary school was a kid named Vince (yes, even his name sounded tough). I remember the day over 35 years ago when Vince sliced his knee open...

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